West Midlands - Paranormal
Database Records

Burning

Location: Baginton - Manor House (no longer standing)Type: Environmental ManifestationDate / Time: 1900s onwards?Further Comments: This manor house was consumed by fire around the start of the twentieth century. Ten years after the fire, a witness reported seeing a house burning where the manor had stood, and again another witness reported the same occurrence a few years later.

Grey Lady

Location: Baginton - Old Mill House hotelType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: This phantom is said to be more likely heard than seen; her voice has been heard in the restaurant.

Baby Killer

Location: Birmingham - 32 Coxwell Road, LadywellType: PoltergeistDate / Time: 1955Further Comments: This entity was blamed for killing a month old infant who was found suffocated. The family's four year old son clamed he saw a 'white dog' sitting on the child's face prior to the body being discovered. Soon after the death, the building was plagued by whisperings and unexplained tapings.

Leon Salberg

Location: Birmingham - Alexandra TheatreType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Having managed the theatre for over twenty five years, Leon died within the building, and is thought to still walk here. The ghost of an unknown woman has also been spotted.

Mrs Holt

Location: Birmingham - Aston HallType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Holt and servant boy unknown, green lady in Summer 1991Further Comments: A former Mrs Holt (or Halte) was suspected by her husband of having an affair - he locked her in the loft where she lived for several years before dying. Another version of the story says It was Mary Holt who was locked in the loft by her father, after trying to elope. Either way, the phantom grey or white lady haunts the upper floor. A ghostly servant boy is said to hang from a beam on the property (he committed suicide after being caught stealing), while finally a green woman, a former housekeeper named either Mrs Whitaker or Walker has been seen in various areas of the site. A member of staff spotted her in the nursery room, briefly mistaking her for a real person before realising the area was closed off and that the figure wore seventeenth century clothing.

Maroon Woman

Location: Birmingham - Aston ParkType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: 1974Further Comments: A woman with her hair tied in a bun and wearing a maroon dress was seen sitting by the tennis court. When approached, the lady vanished.

Grey Figure

Location: Birmingham - Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, City HospitalType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1996Further Comments: During the building's construction, CCTV picked up the image of a strange grey figure - security was sent to the scene, but no one could be found. A ward sister was encountered along a top floor corridor, only visible from the knees upwards. Around the same time, a crew of workers found themselves locked in a room after investigating cries heard from within; once again nothing could be found. A priest was finally summoned to the area.

Screaming

Location: Birmingham - Brightstone RoadType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 03:00h (reoccurring)Further Comments: Screams can be heard coming from an unknown point along this road in the early hours of the morning. Some people have also claimed to have seen a pale young boy in tears.

Engines

Location: Birmingham - Castle Vale housing estateType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1987Further Comments: The housing estate was partly built over the site of the World War Two Castle Bromwich Aerodrome, and during the 1970s there were several reports of ghostly airmen manifesting around the area. In 1987, one man was virtually deafened by the sound of an old aircraft engine that came out of a thick fog that surrounded his house. The following evening, the fog and the engine sound returned, but this time was also reported by a mother and her children who lived two miles away.

Wilfred Barwick

Location: Birmingham - Coleshill RoadType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: February 1975Further Comments: The ghost of Barwick, a local butcher murdered in 1780, is said to haunt the road where he was killed. He was last seen stepping out in front of a Securicor van, vanishing as the driver tried to talk to him.

Wine Smashing

Location: Birmingham - Court Oak public house, HarborneType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: October 31 (Reoccurring)Further Comments: Nicknamed Corky by visitors to the Court Oak, this phantom is said to smash bottles of cheap wine in the cellar. Corky is also said to manifest behind the counter, appearing in the form of a male in his sixties.

Overturned Cars

Location: Birmingham - Drews Lane (between 175 and the corner shop), Ward EndType: OtherDate / Time: 1970sFurther Comments: Quoted in the Tarmac report on haunted roads, former Drews Lane resident Jackie said 'I used to hear cars that used to roll over while driving. Hundreds of cars have been heard and seen upside down with no reason or rhyme. There were a couple a week sometimes, nothing to explain it. There were never any other cars involved, just that when they came down our road, they would turn over.'

Family

Location: Birmingham - Fountain CloseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A family of five is said to haunt this area - two boys aged 9 and 12, a 7 year old girl, and their parents. The mother is said to have died during childbirth, and the rest of the family died mysteriously soon after.

Raining Stones

Location: Birmingham - General areaType: OtherDate / Time: 12 June 1858Further Comments: Hundreds of thousands of little stones rained down on the city, smashing greenhouses and littering the streets.

Vampire Attacks

Location: Birmingham - Glen Park Road (Ward End) and Saltley, Small Heath and Alum Rock areasType: VampireDate / Time: January 2005Further Comments: A gentleman, described as black and in his twenties, bit another man walking along the street before pouncing on neighbours who came to the victim's aid. One woman who was present was said to have had a chunk bitten out of her hand. Police, however, stated that they had received no reports of such an incident and dismissed the story as an urban myth.

Orange Man

Location: Birmingham - Gunter Road, ErdingtonType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Winter 1970, 07:30hFurther Comments: A young lad on his way to school spotted a glowing orange man. The entity's features were not clear, and it remained for around twenty seconds before vanishing. The figure is also said to have appeared along other streets in the area.

Floating Lolly

Location: Birmingham - Kang's Discount StoreType: PoltergeistDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: There were supposedly several witnesses who watched as a lollypop floated up and moved itself out of this shop.

Bangs

Location: Birmingham - Key Hill Cemetery, Icknield Street, HockleyType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2006 onwardsFurther Comments: Reported by Birmingham Investigators of the Unknown, activity in this location includes banging or clanking sounds, dark shadows, feelings of heaviness and sickness, and a lantern light moving across the rear of the cemetery.

Shadowy Figure

Location: Birmingham - Kings Norton ParkType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2007Further Comments: The dark shape of a man has been reported crossing the park. A swing in the playground is also said to rock itself at night, even though there is no wind.

Location: Birmingham - Metchley Camp, field next to McDonald's, Kings NortonType: LegendDate / Time: Still presentFurther Comments: When Roman remains were discovered in this field, a few declared the area to be Boadica's final resting ground. Unfortunately there is nothing to actually indicate that this is the case.

Face

Location: Birmingham - Nokes'z Hair, Church Road, NorthfieldType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2009 - 2013Further Comments: Several incidents have been reported coming from this hairdressers, including the manifestation of a face in the darkness, appliances switching themselves on, objects being thrown, and a black mist forming at the rear of a room.

Misty

Location: Birmingham - Old Crown public house, DeritendType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 21 August 1999Further Comments: A couple staying here reported a strange white mist in their room. One witness felt compelled to move towards the window. Two ghosts are said to haunt the inn, though who or what form the second one takes is unknown.

Workman

Location: Birmingham - Pebble Mill StudiosType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1970sFurther Comments: This man was killed during construction of the studios, and was seen and heard around the sets once they were up and running.